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Malthaus Games

This is a podcast for those in the tabletop gaming hobby, and those wanting to get in. Games, people, and life. Sit back, relax, have a drink, and play some games. If you want to help us improve, feel free to donate through Patreon, PodPledge or Ko-Fi.

Ep.203 Ready Set Bet!, Apps in Games, and Christmas Presents

38 mins; January 25, 2026

Ep.202 BGG Con 2025

42 mins; December 02, 2025

Ep.201 The Gang, Reimagined Classics, What Classic Did You Miss?

43 mins; November 04, 2025

Ep.200 BOOoop, Holiday Re-themes, What Should Be Halloween?

38 mins; October 19, 2025

Ep.199 JenCon2025!

53 mins; September 16, 2025

JenCon Preview

12 mins; September 01, 2025

Ep.198 Llama Land, 5 Love Languages of Board Games, Favorite Gifted Game

45 mins; August 16, 2025

Ep.197 SETI, Veiled Colonialism, What's for Dinner?

52 mins; August 02, 2025

Ep.196 No Loose Ends, Small Changes to Games, Movies That Didn't Hold Up

46 mins; July 15, 2025

Ep.195 Sky Team, Communication Breakdown, Theremin Songs

52 mins; July 01, 2025

Ep.194 Shikoku 1889, Economy Manipulation, and Delton's Bday

55 mins; June 18, 2025

Ep.193 Yokohama, Reactivity, Summer Film

36 mins; June 02, 2025

Ep.192 Nekojima, Co-op vs Competitive, Hot Girl Summer?

40 mins; May 19, 2025

Ep.191 Carnegie, When to Leave History Out, Library Name?

41 mins; May 04, 2025

Ep.190 Whale to Look, Working Memory, Excited to Play?

41 mins; April 19, 2025

Temporary Hiatus!

17 mins; March 02, 2025

Ep.189 The White Castle, Topics, Which Castle?

38 mins; February 16, 2025

Ep.188 Lacuna, Geometry(Hayley's Hate for Measuring), Our Favorite Games with Family!

39 mins; February 02, 2025

Ep.187 Death Valley, Creativity in Constraints, Our Creativity

43 mins; January 19, 2025

Ep.186 Earth, Points as Resources, and Resolutions

42 mins; January 05, 2025

Ep.185 Snowman Dice, Games for Non-Gamers, What Did You Get?

31 mins; December 21, 2024

Ep.184 Cosmic Frog, Catch-Up Mechanics, Our Favorite Frog

46 mins; December 07, 2024

Ep.183 Things in Rings, BGGCon24, BGG Memories

46 mins; November 23, 2024

Ep.182 Halloween with Tyler!

104 hours 13 mins; November 09, 2024

Halloween Announcement and Hauntsville!

9 mins; October 25, 2024

Ep.181 A Gentle Rain, Self Care, This Week's Self Care?

35 mins; October 12, 2024

Ep.180 Hamlet, Missing Rules, How's Fall?

45 mins; September 28, 2024

Ep.178 Fiction, Deception in Games, Current Fav Fiction

48 mins; September 14, 2024

Ep.179 Castell, Learning from Games, and Tourism

44 mins; September 14, 2024

Ep.177 Winter Rabbit, Semi-Coop Games, Too Early for Pumpkin Spice?

53 mins; August 17, 2024

Ep.176 Tyler Brown, Designer of 23 Knives

56 mins; August 03, 2024

Ep.175 The Guild of Merchant Explorers, ADHD Gaming, Hayley's Bad Habit

47 mins; July 20, 2024

Ep.174 TEN, Classic Mechanics, Teaching Those Who Taught

50 mins; July 06, 2024

Ep.173 ARCS, Self Sacrifice, Staying Cool?

42 mins; June 22, 2024

Ep.172 Let's Go! To Japan, Relaxing Games, Most Exciting to Walk?

39 mins; June 08, 2024

Ep.171 Werewolf in the Dark, Friend's Games, Nose Breathing?

32 mins; May 25, 2024

Ep.170 Dandelions, Trash Talk, Most Used Insult

38 mins; May 11, 2024

Ep.169 Dune: Imperium and Uprising, Game Night Metamorphosis, Animorph?

51 mins; April 27, 2024

Ep.168 Underwater Cities, Limited Turns, Our Goal Progress

39 mins; April 13, 2024

Ep.167 Inflation!, Designer Superlatives, Our Superlatives

36 mins; March 30, 2024

Ep.166 TokenCon 2024

25 mins; March 16, 2024

Ep.165 Boop, Why Cats?, and Re-theme to Cats

31 mins; March 01, 2024

Ep.164 Twilight Struggle: Red Sea, Demoralizing Moments, and Valentines Day

54 mins; February 17, 2024

Ep.163 Deep Sea Adventure, Mutually Assured Destruction, Sea Stories

38 mins; February 02, 2024

Ep.162 Curious Cargo, Indirect Interaction, Favorite Snow Activity

42 mins; January 20, 2024

Ep.161 Deus, Strategic Diversification, New Year Resolutions

41 mins; January 06, 2024

Ep.160 Holiday Game Bag!

27 mins; December 23, 2023

Ep.159 Dodos Riding Dinos, Control in Games, Fossils?

42 mins; December 09, 2023

Ep.158 BGGCON23!

46 mins; November 25, 2023

Ep.157 Dorfromantik, Campaign Games, BGGCon23

38 mins; November 10, 2023

Ep.156 Final Girl, Multiplayer Solo, Favorite Trick or Treat House

51 mins; October 28, 2023

Ep.155 Phantom Ink, Ghost Games, Favorite Ghost Media

37 mins; October 14, 2023

Ep.154 Next Station, Decision Fatigue, Favorite Game Night Snack

38 mins; September 30, 2023

Ep.153 Ark Nova, Score Ambiguity, Hiccup Remedy

40 mins; September 16, 2023

Ep.152 Fit to Print, Cult of the New, Night's Sleep

40 mins; September 02, 2023

Ep.151 Res Arcana, Women Depictions, JenCon Anticipation

36 mins; August 20, 2023

Ep.150 Black Angel, Interactive Boards, Alaska Wildlife Sighting

52 mins; August 05, 2023

Ep.149 Bamboo, Gaming Values, Candy Beer

43 mins; July 22, 2023

Ep.148 Ierusalem: Anno Domini, Deities in Games, Our Strangest Research

59 mins; July 08, 2023

Ep.147 Colonial Twilight, War in Games, Favorite Oreo?

51 mins; June 24, 2023

Ep.146 New York Zoo, Replayability, Are We Effecient?

39 mins; June 09, 2023

Ep.145 Euphoria, First Games from Designers, Favorite Female/Non-Binary Designer

61 hours 59 mins; May 26, 2023

Ep.144 Ahoy, Concession, Favorite Concession Order

54 mins; May 12, 2023

Ep.143 Trekking The National Parks, Mensa, Which Park?

45 mins; April 29, 2023

Ep.142 Port Royal, Impulsive Gaming, Our Most Impulsive Moment

52 mins; April 14, 2023

Ep.141 Steam Up, Board Game Gimmicks, Our Favorite Dim Sum

41 mins; March 31, 2023

Ep.140 TokenCon 2023!

45 mins; March 18, 2023

Ep.139 Ole Guacamole, Tornado Games, Worst Games for a Shelter

39 mins; March 03, 2023

Ep.138 Heading Forward, Empathy in Games, How Are You Feeling?

63 hours 20 mins; February 18, 2023

Ep.137 Beer & Bread, Positive Player Interaction, Best Beer/Bread Memory?

47 mins; February 04, 2023

Ep.136 Ghosts of Christmas and 9 Lives, Enemies to Lovers, BMK?

63 hours 3 mins; January 21, 2023

Ep.135 Cubitos, Building Games, New Year Resolutions

50 mins; January 06, 2023

Ep.134 Land vs Sea, Holiday Gaming, When Did You Spoil X-Mas?

62 hours 4 mins; December 23, 2022

Ep.133 Wir Sind Das Volk!, Political Representation, New Political Game?

60 hours 24 mins; December 11, 2022

Ep.132 Flamecraft, BGGCon22, Favorite BGG Experience

70 hours 0 mins; November 26, 2022

Ep.131 Verdant, Non-Game Design, Who Goes First?

53 mins; November 12, 2022

Ep.130 Gargoyles: Awakening, IPs in Games, Our 90's Cartoon IP

54 mins; October 29, 2022

Ep.129 Let's Summon Demons, Camping Games, Idle Time Camping

35 mins; October 15, 2022

Ep.128 Marvel United: X-Men, Fighting in Games, Our Fighting Style

42 mins; October 01, 2022

Ep.127 Lost Ruins of Arnak, Exploration, and Leaving Themes Behind

53 mins; September 17, 2022

Ep.126 JenCon22!

57 mins; September 03, 2022

Ep.125 Boonlake, Games Standing Out, Games for Aliens?

42 mins; August 20, 2022

Ep.124 Spirit Island, Action Selection, What Spirit?

40 mins; August 06, 2022

Ep.123 Hippocrates, Dummy Players, Our Weirdest Dr. Visit

46 mins; July 23, 2022

Ep.122 Interview With Our Friend Jesse!

55 mins; July 09, 2022

Ep.121 Cobra Paw, Games for Kids, and Favorite Summer Off School

52 mins; June 25, 2022

Ep.120 Ginkgopolis, Tile Laying Games, and Our Favorite Tree

52 mins; June 11, 2022

Ep.119 London, Debt In Games, and London Sightseeing

46 mins; May 28, 2022

Ep.118 CO2: Second Chance, Practicing Games, Lessons from Games

64 hours 33 mins; May 14, 2022

Ep.115 Parks, Replicating Experiences, What Experience?

48 mins; May 02, 2022

Ep.117 Fort, Player Interaction, Our Fort Kid

37 mins; April 30, 2022

Ep.116 CabinCon22 and Our Spookiest Moment

77 hours 49 mins; April 15, 2022

Ep.114 Crash Octopus, Reading Independent Games, 7 Years

42 mins; March 18, 2022

Ep.113 Terraforming Mars VS Ares Expedition, Different Versions, and Game Lengths

59 mins; March 06, 2022

Ep.112 Blockbuster, Pop-culture in Games, Our Favorite VHS

48 mins; February 18, 2022

Ep.111 Food Chain Magnate, Capitalism in Games, and Favorite Fast Food

68 hours 36 mins; February 06, 2022

Ep.110 Sekigahara, Abstraction, and What Could Be A War Game?

65 hours 5 mins; January 21, 2022

Ep.109 Nice Buns, Scaling Games for Kids, and Kid Friendly Re-theme

38 mins; January 09, 2022

Ep.108 2021 Recap

47 mins; December 25, 2021

Ep.107 Minerva, Gaming Confidence, and What Game Do We Dislike?

50 mins; December 11, 2021

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